Euro 2024 bid | Germany, Nordic group in race

Germany and a combined Nordic nations bid currently head the possible candidates to host the 2024 European Championship.
The leading contenders are clear though they have expressed only unofficial interest for a contest that should be decided in 2018, UEFA interim general secretary Theodore Theodoridis said last week.
Germany has focused on a 2024 bid, after leaving England clear to host the semifinals and final of the multi-nation Euro 2020.
The Nordic group of soccer federations from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden said in April they wanted to host the tournament either in 2024 or 2028. That bid would seek to stage events in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, too.
The four-nation Nordics group also announced this month it was backing Slovenia federation leader Aleksander Ceferin as a candidate to replace the now-suspended Platini in a Sept. 14 election.
The other currently declared contender, Michael van Praag, a UEFA vice president from the Netherlands, is reportedly a supporter of Germany for Euro 2024.
European Championship hosts are chosen by the 17-member UEFA executive committee, with members from a candidate country excluded from voting.

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